But not everyone is as forgiving as Franken, who is scheduled to appear with Griffin in “Senator Al Franken in Conversation with Kathy Griffin,” an event on July 7 in Beverly Hills promoting his new book, “Giant of the Senate.”

But Franken told Camerota he still plans to attend the event and believes Griffin will recover from her “horrible mistake.”

“I think she did the right thing asking for forgiveness and acknowledging that this was a horrible mistake, so I think she can,” the former “Saturday Night Live” writer said.

Sorry, but Griffin’s apology was only because she got in big trouble and was desperately attempting to save face, which she obviously failed at pretty miserably, as not even CNN was in the “forgiving” mood.

Franken doesn’t get a whole lot of respect from the average American and he’s guilty of being pretty despicable himself, but if he truly values his reputation he’ll cancel the event. Guess we’ll know that answer soon enough.

Meet Allen West

Allen West was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia in the same neighborhood where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once preached. He is the third of four generations of military servicemen in his family.

During his 22 year career in the United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel West served in several combat zones: in Operation Desert Storm, in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was a Battalion Commander in the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, and later in Afghanistan.